Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 21 Issue 5

Integer programming for optimizing habitat network permeability

Negative effects of habitat isolation that arise from landscape fragmentation can be mitigated, by connecting natural areas through a network of habitat corridors. To increase the…

Sustainable development of a solar adsorption cooling machine

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the possibility of the use of a solar adsorption refrigeration machine, using the pair activated carbon/ammonia within the framework of…

Economic paper blending optimization model with competing materials

Demanding customers, legislation and raw materials shortages in the modern world have forced companies to minimize the system's environmental impact. The paper seeks to analyze…

Integrating the analytic network process (ANP) and the driving force‐pressure‐state‐impact‐ responses (DPSIR) model for the sustainability assessment of territorial transformations

The paper, which is based on an integrated approach that is able to aid the comprehension of complex phenomena, aims to investigate innovative models and tools in the field of…

Environmental evaluation of public procurement for bus transports

The process of choosing the best part in the public procurement of bus transports is easier if the demands of the qualifications are well specified and detailed. On the other…

Integrated approach to a multifunctional complex: Sustainable design, building solutions and certifications

The achievement of sustainable architectures, including control of energy relations between climate and built environment, in order to optimize energy consumption and reduce…

An analysis of the Land Use Sustainability Index (LUSI) at territorial scale based on Corine Land Cover

The aim of this paper is to propose a methodology based on the use of a simple and accessible database, such as Corine Land Cover (CLC), for providing an in depth evaluation of…

Risk evaluation of real‐time accident scenarios in the transport of hazardous material on road

This paper seeks to tackle the complex problem of integrating real‐time data information about the tracking of a hazardous material (hazmat) vehicle with classical risk evaluation…

Hazard and risk evaluation in hydrogen pipelines

The purpose of this paper is the definition and the implementation of a simplified mathematical model to estimate the hazard and the risk related to the use of high‐pressurized…

PEng: private engagement in the energy system

Finland approves two new nuclear reactors

Project Dirt

Report: "The use of market-based instruments for biodiversity protection"

Innovative CSR: From Risk Management to Value Creation

Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?

Management of Weather and Climate Risk in the Energy Industry

Diary

New project on sustainable water use (Innowater)

Carbon market “could exceed €1.5trn by 2020”

Editorial

EU eco-innovation funding for 2010 launched

Dynamic Sustainabilities: Technology, Environment, Social Justice

Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific